Eric Red
| Eric Red | |
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| Born | Eric Joseph Durdaller February 16, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film director |
Eric Red (born Eric Joseph Durdaller; February 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter and director, best known for writing the horror films The Hitcher and Near Dark.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Red was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Nancy (née Pickhardt) and Cornelius Gerard Durdaller.[1] He attended the AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1983.
[edit] Writing career
The first film written by Red was Gunmen's Blues, a short he produced and directed while a student at the AFI Conservatory.[2] He went broke in trying to get national distribution for the film, and had to drive a cab in New York for a year to recoup.[3]
His AFI thesis script, The Hitcher, was produced in 1986, and is considered a cult-horror classic. A major studio remake of The Hitcher was released in 2007, with Red on board as a consultant.[4] He wrote the original script to Lost Boys: The Tribe[5] and narrated the film on the 2010 Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles.[6]
[edit] Fatal car crash
Red was found to be at fault in a car accident that caused two deaths on May 31, 2000. After the accident, Red apparently picked up a piece of broken glass and slit his own throat.[7] He was taken to the hospital under an alias and released weeks later. Criminal charges were brought, but a jury in a civil suit found that he had acted intentionally. The suit, which awarded over a million dollars to the families of the two men killed in the accident, was appealed to state and federal courts which confirmed the original jury finding.[8]
[edit] Filmography
- Gunmen's Blues, writer/director (1981)
- The Hitcher, writer (1986)
- Telephone, writer/director (1986)
- Near Dark, writer (1987)
- Cohen and Tate, writer/director (1989)
- Blue Steel, writer (1990)
- Body Parts, writer/director (1991)
- Bad Moon, writer/director (1996)
- Undertow, writer/director (1996)
- 100 Feet, writer/director (2008)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/3/Eric-Red.html
- ^ staff (March 30, 2001). "Interview with Eric Red". Buried.com. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=cache:JfXo3t1zYbkJ:http://www.buried.com/interviews/eric-red-director/17/+%22Gunmen%27s+Blues%22,+%22Eric+Red%22&ct=clnk. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ "Eric Red Biography". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/eric_red/biography.php. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ EyeForFilm.co.uk -Interview with Eric Red about 100 Feet and Nightlife
- ^ "Check out Eric Red's Original Lost Boys Prequel Script". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36857/check-out-eric-reds-original-lost-boys-sequel-script.
- ^ "Screamfest Hosts a Screening of The Hitcher in LA this Wednesday with Writer and Director". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37041/screamfest-hosts-a-screening-the-hitcher-la-wednesday-with-writer-and-director.
- ^ Roadside Markers Permanent (advert free) memorial site with mapping and details of road accidents
- ^ LA Weekly story – Death Race
[edit] External links
- Eric Red at the Internet Movie Database
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